According to new data released this morning by MNI, Alabama's manufacturing workforce inched up over the past year, with 1,041 new net jobs created between March 2016 to March 2017, or about a half percent. This is the fifth straight year the state has posted an employment gain, but jobs have been added at a slower rate than recorded in MNI's previous surveys.
Data collected by MNI, compiler and publisher of the industrial information that powers IndustryNet, shows factory employment in Alabama skyrocketed 28% over the past five years, with the strongest gains recorded between March 2012 and March 2015, as automakers and suppliers to the auto industry flocked to its borders, lured by Alabama's low labor costs and attractive business incentives.
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